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The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee
1hr 38mins
Starring: Alan Arkin, Blake Lively, Monica Bellucci, Keanu Reeves, Robin Wright Penn, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
The plot: Forty-something Pippa moves to a quiet and leafy retirement community with her much older, publisher husband Herb, who has suffered three heart attacks. At first, Pippa seems untroubled by the move from bustling New York to tranquil Connecticut but emotional turmoil bubbles beneath the surface. In a series of flashbacks, she remembers her formative years, raging against her drug addict mother.
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- " ' it had a sad dramatic story line to it. It was really cool.'" — Rehman, 12, Sparkbrook
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The Sun
"A strong supporting cast, including stunning Blake Lively as a young Pippa, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder and Monica Bellucci, do a decent job. But they play self-obsessed, snobby characters who are hard to like. It would have been better if Pippa had kept her life private."
Channel 4
"A woman frees herself from a life of middle-class drudgery, but unfortunately she does it in a shiny suburban world that feels lacking in dramatic weight."
The Guardian
"Wright Penn's dissatisfaction propels her to an affair with a funky neighbour: a heart-sinkingly blank, affectless performance from Keanu Reeves, who has never looked more lobotomised on screen. None of the characters is seeing a shrink, but this story surely has its origins in therapy. A film that is very pleased with itself."
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